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P. HOTTENSTEIN.

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APPLICATION FILED APRH'a': 1915)Y 1,352,055, Pmasept. 7,1920.

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' UNITED STATES IHILIP HOTTENSTEIN, OF GLEASON, WISCONSIN.

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To all whom z' may concern Be it known that I, PHILIP HOTTENSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gleason, inthe county of- Lincoln and State of AVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs, of which the following is -a specification.

This invention relates to signs, and more especially to post attachments; and the object of the same is to produce a changeable sign for cross roads and the like, which is as nearly as possible weather proof and indestructible. Y

A further object is tominimize the cost of production, both by theuse of materials readilyk accessible and by the employment of details of structure which do not require tools or machinery or skilled labor.

The following specificationand claims set forth the idea, and reference is madeto the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of this improved post with its base in section.

Fig. 2 is a plan View.

ig. 3 is an enlarged central section of the upper end of the post.

Fig. t is a horizontal section on the line 4.*4 of Fig. 1, before the base is buried, and

Fig. vis a sectional detail on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

The post is hollow, being by preference a piece of gas pipe indicated at 1. This pipe is threaded at its upper end at 2 and sawed from its extremity downward with kerfs producing fbur slots 3, the slots by preference extending well below the threads as seen in Fig. 1. On said threads is screwed an ordinary coupling 4 although of course it might be a cap as used in plumbing to close the end of a pipe. I prefer to employ a coupling as shown and close its upper end by a plug 5 from which rises a pin 6. The latter may carry crossed arms 7 having letters 8 indicating the points of the compass, or it may carry a wind vane or a flag or any suitable useful article or ornament; but the important thing is that the plug removably closes the upper end of the coupling to prevent the entrance of the elements, and in an extremely simple type of this post, the coupling might be replaced by a cap which would accomplish the same end. At its lower end the post is mounted in any suit- Specification of Letters Patent.

able way in the ground, or in a base within the ground. As herein shown, a piece of strap metal 9 has a loop 10 at its midlength pipe and a vwedge 11 In stony or very hard ground, the base might be omitted. Obviously, the structure of the base will depend upon conditions.

I have shown the signs proper as four in 4number corresponding with the arms 7 of the direction indicator, but of course, a

greater or less number of signs might be employed as the number and direction 0f the streets require. Each sign is by preference made up of a plate 15 bearing the word or letters as shown in the drawings, and aholder or shield 16, which is of the section shown in Fig. 5 including flanges 17 overlying the upper and lower edges of the face of the plate but leaving the lettering exposed. The inner end of the shield is enlarged into a vertically arranged dovetailed extension or head as indicated at 18, which is arranged in the same plane with the shield. The outer end of the shield is closed by the shank 19 of an appropriate device such as an index 20, the shank overlying the plate 15 and extending from one fiange 17 to the other and finally being held by a bolt 21 as shown.

The post having been erected at an appropriate point, the proper sign plates are run into shields 16 and fastened therein by the index 20 and the bolt 21 and then the head 18 at the inner end of each shield is carried over the top of the pipe 1 and borne down into the same so that the shield at the inner end of the plate travels down one of the slots 3 as seen in Fig. 3. Vhen all the devices are in place, the coupling 14 is screwed onto the threads 2 and the device assumes the finished appearance shown in Fig. 1. The open sides of the shields and the faces of the sign plates will of course stand toward the road or street on which travels the person for whose information the sign is set up. The parts are all of ma terial impervious to the weather.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred or approved form of Patented Sept. 7, 1920.- Appncation med Aprile, v1919.- seriai v1ra-2873151.

forced upward into the lower end of the p driven into the loop to lhold the parts together,`the arms of the strap being then buried as shown in Fig. 1.

'appended claims.

my invention. It is to be understood that I maymake snohehanges in construction ande. arrangement and combination of parts, n1a

Vterials, dimensions, et cetera, as may"prove` expedient and fall witlrin'the'seopefoffthe Having thus fully Ydescribed my inven-f# tion,V what I claim as new and desire to se- 1. The combination with a tubular post having `slots in its upper'endjremovable' f mea-ns for closing the ends of said slots, of a v `rplnr'ality otrsignseaelihaving aporti'on ar- Y, 'Y ranged'in one fof' said slotsgeach ,signbeing provided withfI means at its 'inner' fendi eX- tendingbeyonda longitudinal: edgefof the l "'meansjto preventa'eoidenta'l 'displaeem'entfof Y in 'the'post to seernethe indicator.thereto",V

the lends of the dove-tailed' extensionV pro;

said "indioator,`-andlremovable means for"` elosingthe ends of said slots to retain the indicatorsy therein. l

3."Ina sign the combination with a tubular' Vpost' having a slot from its upper end, or' a :holden"associatedv with said post, said holder being'provided along its longitudinal edges with flanges, a sign plate carried by the'holder and having its inner end abutting! ,with-,the exterior of the post :and: engaging said flanges, a removable index, said "indexshavingV itsishank arranged between said flanges and engaging with. the outer endeof the sign plate, :and aibolt extending through.' said ind'eXfor retaining the 'sign plate in engagement with the holder.

4k. A sign, VCompri,singratubularpost hav- Y ing its lower end` embedded,` a strap'iron` having'it's" endsextended beyond the sides 'of the post and'embe'ddeda loop formed in said; strap iron and extendinginto said post;

and; la wedge'arranged between the arms of 'the loop :to maintainthe arms of "said loop 1 in 'engagementv with'. 4the 'post for anchoring the same;

- In testimony 1n presence of 'two' "witnesses: 1

I rHILiP -HoTTENsfrmnx Witnesses? v HELENJJoHANN-Esn i :MTHEYT whereof I .aix my signature 

